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Business leaders, conservative ideologues, and even some radicals of the early twentieth century dismissed working people's intellect as stunted, twisted, or altogether missing. They compared workers toiling in America's sprawling factories to animals, children, and robots. ......
The story of an immigrant group considered white on arrival
Scandinavian immigrants encountered a strange paradox in 1890s Chicago. Though undoubtedly foreign, these newcomers were seen as Nordics—the "race" proclaimed by the scientific racism of the era as the very embodiment of white superiority. As ......
Shedding light on a decades-long drama of immigration reform
Scholars, journalists, and policymakers have long argued that the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act dramatically reshaped the demographic composition of the United States. In A Nation of Immigrants Reconsidered, leading scholars of immigration explore ......
How Women Led Appalachian Movements for Social Justice
Working poor women, feminist activism, and the birth of a new era of grassroots empowerment
Launched in 1964, the War on Poverty quickly took aim at the coalfields of southern Appalachia. There, the federal government found unexpected allies among working-class white women devoted to a local tradition of citizen ......
The story of an immigrant group considered white on arrival
Scandinavian immigrants encountered a strange paradox in 1890s Chicago. Though undoubtedly foreign, these newcomers were seen as Nordics—the "race" proclaimed by the scientific racism of the era as the very embodiment of white superiority. As ......
Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area
Waterfront battles for rights and justice
Dockworkers have power. Often missed in commentary on today's globalizing economy, workers in the world's ports can harness their role, at a strategic choke point, to promote their labor rights and social justice causes. Peter Cole brings such overlooked experiences to light ......
The unknown story of one of Lincoln's closest friendships
From the legendary Lincoln scholar Wayne C. Temple comes the long-awaited full-length biography of Noah Brooks, the influential Illinois journalist who championed Abraham Lincoln in Illinois state politics and became his almost daily companion at the White ......
Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area
Waterfront battles for rights and justice
Dockworkers have power. Often missed in commentary on today's globalizing economy, workers in the world's ports can harness their role, at a strategic choke point, to promote their labor rights and social justice causes. Peter Cole brings such overlooked experiences to light ......
The lively art of conversation with auteurs from Welles to Jarmusch
Godard. Fuller. Rivette. Endfield. Tarr. In his celebrated career as a film critic, Jonathan Rosenbaum has undertaken wide-ranging dialogues with many of the most daring and important auteurs of our time.
